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Abronia umbellata is a creeping perennial, common along the coasts of western USA.
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"Near the previous species (C. inflatum) one can find this one. They are quite similar, but this one has no inflated calyx and there are no intermediate plants, this means they are ""good"" species."
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Here are the stems of this strange saline shrublet. The flowers and fruits are hidden in the scale clumps at the bottom.
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Paronychia palaestina is a tiny shrublet found on very few rocky coasts in Israel. It is rare and endangered. Here u can see its seedling.
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Thylacospermum caespitosum is a stone-like or coral-like plant from the campion plant family (Caryophylaceae). It is found above 4500m. and is adapted to the very high mountain conditions - low temperatures, heavy winter snows and strong winds. I felt very bad in these altitudes, but it was worth the trouble...
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Abronia umbellata is a creeping perennial, common along the coasts of western USA.
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This shy annual (Cerastium fragillimum) grows on screes and roadsides in Mt Hermon. Here you can see the stages between flower and fruit.
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This is a small annual or short-lived perennial.
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Paronychia sinaica is a small perennial growing in the rocks of the Negev (Israel) and Sinai (Egypt) deserts. In summer is almost disappears.
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Velezia fasciculata is a rare small annual of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Acantholimon is a huge genus of Asian, mountainous species. A. libanoticum is one of the westermonst species, growing in the Lebanon Mts and Mt Hermon, where this pic was taken. It blooms in July after most other plants are drying. It is a cushion-like spiny plant, typical for the sub-alpine (Tragacanth) belt.
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Ceratium illyricum is a rare tiny plant of north Israel. In Cyprus , Lebanon and Turkey it is common.
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We found this delightful Limonium in the desert near Ouarzazate. Limonium bonduelli is sometimes consedered as a subspecies of theMediterranean coastal plant - Limonium saunuatum
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This perennial is common along rivers and snow waters in the Himalayas.
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Velezia fasciculata is a rare small annual of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Last year I posted a pic of this shrublet flowers.
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo124210.htm
Acantholimon is a huge Asian, mountainous genus. A. libanoticum is one of the westermonst species, growing in the Lebanon Mts and Mt Hermon, where this pic was taken. It blooms in July after most other plants are drying. It is a cushion-like spiny plant, typical for the sub-alpine (Tragacanth) belt. Here you can see it after blooming when the corollas are gone and the papery calyses are still visible.
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a common weed in Turkey. u can see the flower and the fruits.
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Limonium galilaeum is a rare narrow endemic perennial of the northern Israel and Lebanese coasts.
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A tiny annual growing in coastal Israel. Its always great to look at this kind of plants closely.
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Velezia fasciculata is a tiny shy annual of the Eastern Mediterranean Turkey to Israel). It is rare and endangered.
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Every year I take pictures of this beautiful mountian cushion-like shrublet. Acantholimon is a huge genus of Asian, mountainous species. A. libanoticum is one of the westermonst species, growing in the Lebanon Mts and Mt Hermon, where this pic was taken. It blooms in July after most other plants are drying. It is a cushion-like spiny plant, typical for the sub-alpine (Tragacanth) belt.
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Chenopodium foliosum is a common weed of the Middle East mountains including Mt Hermon where this pic was taken. In Europe it is more sparce. The fleshy fruits are dispersed by birds.
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We found this beautiful Limonium on the coasts near Essaouira.
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Polygonum cognatum is a weedy creeping perennial. It has distinct large leaves (compared with other polygonums). In Isrtael it is extremely rare, reaching its southern point.